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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
the roles of CEOs and leadership in vanguard companies? A: Leadership matters even more when you have to symbolize purpose and values as well as look to the future. People look at what leaders do, not just what they say. So leaders have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
Berolzheimer. “He was tough on students who didn’t use their imagination, and for that reason I didn’t like him at first. It was only later that I came to appreciate that it wasn’t personal.” Levitt’s habit of throwing chalk at the blackboard, he says, was a View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
the United States, this tension is symbolized by the proverbial conflicts between Wall Street and Main Street.” For HBS professors to be able to contribute to solving the global economic crisis, they must think beyond the system that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
many households, the most important symbol of their place and economic possibilities was where they lived. Before World War II, about 40 percent of families owned their own home. In 1970, a firm majority — 62 percent — did. By the late... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
of Dr. Timothy Butler concerning the four archetypes of identity, community, necessity, and horizon, which are always active in our lives and must be addressed during times of significant change. This book will allow the reader to access and employ the deeper levels of... View Details
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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
has supported your career path. The School compiles thank-you letters from award recipients as a symbol of donor appreciation and stewardship. Following receipt of your award, the School will contact you with the name of the donor to whom... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
routine, and the benefits accrue only to those couples who jointly view it as a symbolically meaningful ritual. We contribute to the literature on rituals by empirically documenting the relationships between rituals, specific emotions,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
Union, symbolized by the signing of the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I); and the mediation of the agreement on Sinai disengagement between Egypt and Israel. An appendix lists other important negotiations in which Kissinger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
Monika), and the United Nations, as well as the insignia of the Explorers Club—all important symbols to Vescovo. Three “landers,” unmanned submersibles for data collection, are dropped; they also serve as guideposts on the bottom of the... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Abstract—Following a brief summary of Henry A. Kissinger’s career, this paper describes six of his most pivotal negotiations: the historic establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, the easing of geopolitical tension with the Soviet... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Soviet Union, symbolized by the signing of the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), and the mediation of the agreement on Sinai disengagement between Egypt and Israel. An appendix lists other important negotiations in which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
promotions, oversees much of the marketing end of the 1996 Olympic Arts Festival. "We market the festival as a once-in-a-lifetime experience to go along with the once-in-a-lifetime cachet of the Olympics," Segerlind says. "With the Games as a View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
created a complementarity of technical and symbolic resources that contributed to the resilience of Swiss watchmaking through two mechanisms of resolution: technology approbation and creative abrasion. Harvard Business School Case 118-015... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
rituals. We define a ritual as a predefined sequence of symbolic actions often characterized by formality and repetition that lack direct instrumental purpose. Using different instantiations of rituals and measures of anxiety (both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
part of that-healthcare, quality of life services such as environmental technologies, and education. The white coat is a symbol for both health professionals and people working in laboratories to discover new things. Our entrepreneurs are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni
We suggest you consult your tax professional for questions about your tax liability. HBS or Harvard University cannot provide tax advice. Do I have to write a thank-you letter to my donor? Yes, HBS compiles letters from GO Fellowship recipients as a View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
In 1995, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts reopened its grand front entrance on busy Huntington Avenue. The symbolism was hard to miss. After decades of attracting a scholarly, sophisticated, highbrow crowd to its side entry, the MFA was... View Details
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
ever balance families with ambitious careers. This Mother’s Day, we are grateful to one another, and to all the mothers out there – biological, adopted, figurative, and symbolic – for their boundless love amidst an incredibly challenging... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
loved it so much they encouraged them to do it again the next year, and the next, and the next. And that's how Burning Man started. We burn the man because it's a symbol of life, and how short it is, and how ephemeral it is. And we spend... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Considering the title of the 1996 HBS Global Alumni Conference - The Information Revolution: "Bridging the Gap" - San Francisco was a particularly fitting locale for this forward-looking event. The city's Golden Gate has long been a View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice